Republic of Austria v. Altmann

Republic of Austria v. Altmann
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 24, 2004 Decided June 7, 2004
Full case name	Republic of Austria et al. v. Altmann
Citations	541 U.S. 677 (more) 124 S. Ct. 2240; 159 L. Ed. 2d 1; 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4030
Case history
Prior	Motion to dismiss denied, Altmann v. Republic of Austria, 142 F. Supp. 2d 1187 (C.D. Cal. 2001); Affirmed and remanded, 317 F.3d 954 (9th Cir. 2002); Rehearing en banc denied, opinion amended, 327 F.3d 1246 (9th Cir. 2003); Stay granted, Republic of Austria v. Altmann, 538 U.S. 1029 (2003); Cert. granted, 539 U.S. 987 (2003).
Subsequent	Remanded, Altmann v. Republic of Austria, 377 F.3d 1105 (9th Cir. 2004); Motion to dismiss denied, 335 F. Supp. 2d 1066 (C.D. Cal. 2004).
Holding
The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act applies retroactively.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
Majority	Stevens, joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer
Concurrence	Scalia
Concurrence	Breyer, joined by Souter
Dissent	Kennedy, joined by Rehnquist, Thomas

Republic of Austria v. Altmann, 541 U.S. 677 (2004), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, or FSIA, applies retroactively to acts prior to its enactment in 1976.^[1]